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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two Menagerie girls do Nina and Inej abduct to get into the Ice Court?

2. What does Inej name the first knife Kaz gives her?

3. How many days does it take Kaz to speak to Inej after she emerges from the ship's surgeon's cabin?

4. What does Jesper use to knock out the prisoners in his call in Chapter 23?

5. What kind of Grisha is Jesper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bo Yul-Bayur so important?

2. What does Jesper find in the bin that Inej is extremely grateful for in Chapter 23?

3. What does Inej steal of Tante Heleen's that is symbolic of Heleen's cruelty?

4. What gives Inej the strength to keep climbing in Chapter 25?

5. How does Inej come to work for Kaz initially?

6. Why was Inej taken from her family as a young girl?

7. What does Jesper do to help Kaz help pick the locks in Chapter 23?

8. What experience has bonded Nina and Matthias in the past?

9. In Chapter 18, what does Kaz tell Inej that he has never told anyone else before?

10. What is Jesper's secret ability?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Kaz use his reputation throughout Ketterdam to his advantage? What are some of the downsides of Kaz's reputation for Kaz, and for The Dregs? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Many of the protagonists in the novel have painful pasts. Write an essay exploring Bardugo's use of the characters' backstories to help develop them more fully, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the powers of the different types of Grisha, and why do you think Grisha are so persecuted as a people? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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